Many thanks to Gates and Scifi.com for this.

I really can't wait for S9.

RHG


In a message dated 06/05/2005 18:50:39 GMT Daylight Time,
gateangell@... writes:

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=0&id=30979

12:00 AM, 06-MAY-05
Black, Browder Talk New SG-1

Former Farscape star Claudia Black told SCI FI Wire
that her character in the upcoming ninth season of
Stargate SG-1 will bedevil Michael Shanks' Daniel
Jackson for the season's first six episodes. Black
reprises the role of the mischievous Vala first
introduced in last season's "Prometheus Unbound."
"I've come to make Michael Shanks' life a misery,"
Black said in an interview at the Saturn Awards in Los
Angeles this week. "The character I'm playing is sort
of the hair-pulling variety. She's really infuriating,
but, I hope, funny."

Black added: "She's the naughty kid that says
everything that everyone else is thinking, but doesn't
dare say. She's irreverent. Everything she says is to
get a rise or reaction out of someone. ... She's also
a highly comedic character. She provides a lot of
energy and comedy. And that was something. ... Aeryn
[her Farscape character] was a very dramatic, weighty
serious character, and I think smiled once a season.
Vala is completely the opposite from that perspective
alone."

Black finds herself again sharing a show with
Farscape's Ben Browder, who joins the regular SG-1
cast as Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell, a new member of
SG-1. But Browder said that he won't share much screen
time with his former Farscape on-screen flame.
"They're trying to keep us apart," Browder said. "But
we'll break them down eventually. They've got to give
us one [scene together]!"

Black added: "There's a good reason, though, [for
keeping us separated]," she said. "It underlines how
obviously different our characters are this time
around. It's a whole different ballgame."

Browder said that the SG-1 cast has been nothing but
welcoming. "The interesting thing about joining a show
that's been going on for such a long time is, really,
when you work on a show after a period of time, it's
actually refreshing to have new people come in and mix
it up," he said. "At least, that was I think our
experience on Farscape. As long as they didn't take me
away from scenes with [Black], that was fine. So
they've been very gracious and welcoming. You know, it
would be hard to ask for much more in regards to the
cast taking us in."

Black and Browder added that they hope Farscape lives
on, though it ended its run on SCI FI Channel last
year with the miniseries Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars.
(The miniseries won three Saturn Awards.) "I'd love to
see a Farscape feature film, but for now I'm very
happy launching the ninth season of Stargate [SG-1]
with Beau Bridges [who joins the cast as Maj. Gen.
Hank Landry]." He added: "Beau Bridges is running the
show. Every time he comes into the room, I stand at
attention."

"We all do," Black added. Stargate SG-1 has resumed
production at its base in Vancouver, B.C., and returns
to SCI FI Channel in July.
















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